Swedish Mess Kit

[Biddlesby]

I was thinking of getting one of these. Where can I find the best price and what kind of fuel does the burner take?

 

[Justin Time]

there's been quite a few threads about them which have mentioned good websites, so I think the search button will be your friend for that.

As for the fuel take thee to a local decorating store or homebase or some such and look out for methylated spirits. Dunno if you'd have any age related problems buying it though (it's ethanol with something nasty in it to stop you drinking it), perhaps best to take a wrinklie along?

 

[leon-1]

The burner is basically a trangia (only slightly larger) and as such runs on Meths , as far as the cheapest place to get them is concerned I don't honestly know. I know that tommywydenflicht was arranging a group buy on here som it may be worth dropping him a PM to see if he still is and if it would be possible to add your name to the list.

 

[Ahjno]

I know Tommywidenflycht is working on (group buy) some stainless steel ones (see thread in the Member Classifieds section) - although he doesn't take any pre-pre-pre orders anylonger (IIRC they'll do somewhere around 3 GBP excl. postage) - see the thread for more info.
But you've probably already seen this

The fuel they run on is meths.

Don't know any cheap places to get from in the UK, but I remember that some of the members overhere got them very cheap from some army surplusstores.
If you'll do a search for swedish mess kit, you'll find a mega load there are some internet links in those posts to sites which do them for a reasonable price.

Not much, but hope it helps

EDIT: Leon and Andrew beat me to it ... it's not fair guys, moi was typing this first But as I have to do it in english it isn't as fast as yours

 

[anthonyyy]

I know that tommywydenflicht was arranging a group buy on here som it may be worth dropping him a PM to see if he still is and if it would be possible to add your name to the list. [/QUOTE]

tommywydenflicht did specifically ask for no more PMs regarding the stoves as he was overloaded by the amount of requests.

 

[Bumblebee]

I know that tommywydenflicht was arranging a group buy on here som it may be worth dropping him a PM to see if he still is and if it would be possible to add your name to the list.

My nick is tommywidenflycht I need to change to something that people can spell, is that possible somehow? I had zero inspiration when registering here...

By all means drop me a PM and I add you to the waiting list, se my thread in the member classifieds forum.

 

[ScottC]

www.surplusandadventure.com is very cheap, it's worth getting one of their folding cups as well they're cheap and really handy.

 

[Omega]

Could you tell me, pan and frying pan - are their sizes convenient enough to cook for 2 people?
Regards,

 

[Bumblebee]

Could you tell me, pan and frying pan - are their sizes convenient enough to cook for 2 people?

Not really, they are issued as personal stoves. Depends on what you are cooking I quess.

 

[spamel]

If you are expecting to go with a second person, ask them to buy one aswell, or buy yourself two so that you can lend one to any colleauge that happened to go along with you. This is why the shiny trangia is preferred by mountaineers, because it has no working parts, is not affected by altitude, uses an easily obtainable fuel (alchohol in any form will work, apart from beer!) and if everyone takes one, you just line em up and cook a meal for everyone with the different things being cooked in the different sets. Make sure you cook the rice, it's not as messy to clean up afterwards!!

 

[Omega]

Another questions: do you know if the meths burner used in Frangia 25, 27 and military surplus is the same in size?
Regards,

 

[leon-1]

The burner in the military is a bit larger than the one in the Trangia 27, it is wider/ has larger diameter in the fuel reservoir

 

[Big Geordie]

If you run out of meths and you have no single malt to spare can you use hexy blocks?
George

 

[Graham_S]

you could use hexi in the military trangia, just don't put it in the burner after all without the burner unit it's just a windshield and pan.